Origins of the Megahy surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 9Isle of ManYorkshireEast MidlandsWest MidlandsEastLondon 3South EastSouth West 1South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Megahys lived in north-west

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    67 Megahy Travel & migration records
    140 Megahys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Megahy

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    Margaret

    Dorothy

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    Common jobs for Megahys

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Megahys in 1921

    Laundress

    2

    Coal Miners Wife

    1

    Colliery Labourers Wife

    1

    Cotton Teazer

    1

    Gardiner Daughter

    1

    Commmon male occupations for Megahys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    15

    Ironstone Miner

    6

    Colliery Labourer

    2

    General Dealer

    2

    Hawker

    2

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